epitaph

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. An inscription on a gravestone in memory of the deceased.
2. A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
2. (transitive) To commemorate by an epitaph.

Conceptes

epitafi

Sinònims

inscription

epigraph

proverb

inscription on a tombstone

engraving

velediction

obituary

inscription on a tomb

Traduccions

epitaffio

épitaphe

epitafio

Epitaph

Grabinschrift

epitáfio

Grabschrift

grafschrift

epitafio

επιτάφιος

Inschrift

inscription

epivaffio

mezar kitabesi

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph.